JEDDAH | Kingdom Tower | 3,303 FT / 1007 M | ON HOLD

[Silver Surfer]

Who wants to take bets when the next interruption will occur?

[JZeig1]

According to This Link https://www.designboom.com/architect...er-09-19-2023/they're back to work.

[Tom In Chicago]

From today's Crain's Chicago Business. . . (paywalled)

https://www.chicagobusiness.com/comm...g-jeddah-tower

Originally Posted by Crain's

Chicago architect eyes restart of long-stalled tallest tower in the world

By Steven R. Strahler


Credit: Architectuul - Jeddah Tower in February 2019

September 20, 2023 05:46 AM 3 HOURS AGO
A five-year construction shutdown appears to be lifting on a tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, designed to be the world's tallest — good news for its Chicago-based architect and Chicago's vulnerable supertall building ecosystem. Adrian Smith & Gordon Gill Architecture designed what is now known as Jeddah Tower to be the first kilometer-tall building, at more than twice the height of the Willis Tower. Construction began in 2013 but ground to a halt by 2018 about a third of the way up at the 62nd or 63rd story.

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[NYguy]

https://nypost.com/2023/09/26/constr...5-year-hiatus/

Construction on world’s tallest building resumes after 5-year hiatus





By Hannah Frishberg
Sep. 26, 2023

.....a Dubai-based publication called Middle East Economic Digest (MEED) reports that developer Jeddah Economic Company is seeking bids through the end of this year for a new contractor able to complete the super-tall.

“The tower will be more than 1,000 meters [over 3,280-feet] tall, and it is back in full motion,” a source close to the project told MEED, the magazine reported.

The leviathan is designed by Adrian Smith + Gill Gordon Architecture, the same Chicago-based firm behind Manhattan’s Central Park Tower, which stands at 131 stories and 1,550 feet in the air, making it the globe’s highest residential building.

[Alpha Sky]

According to this clip, the Jeddah Tower's construction has been restarted. It also discusses several other Saudi construction projects. https://www.facebook.com/reel/1521528215332214

[MolsonExport]

A vanity project, by any other name

[JManc]

Who would actually want to work or live 2,000 feet up in this thing? All you would see in either direction is sand...and maybe the Red Sea.

[HighwayStar]

Are there any issue with concrete curing given there has been a 5(+) year hiatus in construction.
I mean, I thought these Concrete type constructions needed regular pours to have one floor blend (i.e. "cure") into the next.
With a 5 year gap, does this not introduce some sort of "sheer zone" into the structure?

[Charmy2]

Originally Posted by JManc

Who would actually want to work or live 2,000 feet up in this thing? All you would see in either direction is sand...and maybe the Red Sea.

I mean I wouldn't be surprised if in 10-20 years, Jeddah's skyline takes off. Don't forget the tower is just the centerpiece of a whole new city. Not to mention Jeddah itself already has a few buildings in a different part of the city. I feel confident in saying that Jeddah is the new Dubai.